KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Dynamo goalkeeper Tyler Deric's performance Sunday night was the kind that could carry a team deep into the MLS playoffs.

Fittingly, the performance ensured that the Dynamo will be in the postseason for the first time since 2013.

The Dynamo played to a scoreless draw against Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park. The result - on a night all of the Western Conference teams kicked off at the same time - was enough for the Dynamo (12-10-11) to clinch a playoff berth with one game left in the regular season.

Deric made a career-high nine saves, none more mind-boggling than the one he made in the fifth minute of added time with Sporting K.C. on the doorstep.

A 5-foot-high crossing pass deflected off two players and into the 6-yard box. A Sporting K.C. player got to it with his right foot, but Deric reached behind himself to swat it away from danger with his left hand.